Update October 25
Been a very busy summer for us, we have been doing a lot of shopping to rebuild our inventories, much of which has come from our valued customers. We still need more transformers and switches, so if you have some surplus items, please give us a call.
As we all know, even today the number one selling and in use transformer is the original ZW transformer, first offered in 1948. There are only a couple of problems that this transformer had/has. Only 2 trains could be run with direction and whistle controls, and it has a slow acting circuit breaker. The circuit breaker issue has been fixed with our circuit breaker kit, but until now the lack of direction and whistle for 2 of the outputs no. Yes, Lionel did make an external whistle and some with direction control, but they did not work too well and stole a lot of current from the zw’s even when they were not being used. Until now.
We have refurbished several thousand ZW’s and KWs with advanced circuits for the whistle/horn/bell operation. Not so much of a single failure in any of them. So what we have done is copy the same circuits we install in the ZW’s into an external box that does everything our original design did. So now you can operate 4 trains at the same time, with whistle and direction and because we also install an additional 20V fixed supply, still have room for all your accessories. Here it is after months of designing and prototypes. Same size box as our original circuit breaker kit.
Each kit will operate 2 separate trains at one type, use no power until energized, can change polarity from + to – dc, and give you direction controls. It is simply hooked up between the B and C outputs of the zw and their center rails. On site cost $35. These will also work great with any other transformer that does not have a whistle or direction control.
Now some not so good news, we can no longer provide free shipping, however no matter how many items you order, you will only pay one shipping cost. We enjoy talking to you folks so if you wish feel free to giving us a call and will be more than happy to place your order over the phone.
Something new! We are putting together a newsletter which will be mailed every month, with new tips, what’s happening in the train world, special discounts, and other neat stuff. It’s free, so if you would like to subscribe, go to our site (tinman3rail.com) and enter your email address in the form on the left side and click the sign-up button. Make sure to click on the box where it says I subscribe to the tinman newsletter each month we will also be adding some great discounts.
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tinman@tinman3rail.com 262-914-0057 or Christine 262-417-4237